Ako'y isang simpleng Pinoy sa Amerika at ito ang aking mga kwento tungkol sa buhay sa Amerika. Ang mga kwento ko'y walang halong biro, walang kulang, walang sobra. Sana magustuhan mo ang iyong mababasa...
Kaninang dinner, natokang magluto ang aking husband, at ang niluto nya, pagkatpos nyang mag isip ng mag isip kung anong lulutuin, ay ang dry adobo. Dry adobo? Yep, it’s the Bicolanos’ variation of the famous adobo. Oo, yun bang bawang and asin and lemon lang ang nilalagay, and then you let all the sauce/water evaporate, that it becomes like fried pork/lechon kawali in the end? Yon ang dry adobo or it’s “adobado” in our Bicol dialect. Anyway, nung nakita ko ang nakahandang dry adobo, naalala ko tuloy ang luto ng lola kong namayapa na. Ganon sya magluto ng adobo, walang toyo, asin at bawang lang at dahil naalala ko ang panahon na ganadong ganado kami kumain lahat pag yon ang luto ng lola ko eh napakamay tuloy ako.
Habang sarap na sarap ako sa pagkain ko, na pumipikit pikit pa ako sa sobrang kasiyahan, eto ngayon ang anak ko. Tiningnan nya ako at sabay sabing, ” Mommy, why are you eating like that ? Why are you eating with just that? ”
“That” meaning nagkakamay ako, eating sans fork or spoon.
Sagot ko sa kanya, ” Well you know I am Filipino and sometimes Filipinos eat like this … ”
Di pa nga ako tapos sa sinasasabi ko ay eto na ang aking dakilang anak, binigyan ako ng kutsara, at tinidor…
Paglaki mo anak, tuturuan kitang kumain ng nakakamay at malalaman mo ang art of eating without the fork and spoon..
Oh goodness, these past months I was “off-the-web”. My brother was doing some thing in the server or something and something happened in this website. One can only see the homepage and when he clicks to any post, it always comes up as error ” URL not found”. I’m glad that it got fixed after a looong time.
This is Tita Cory’s greatest legacy, spearheading the EDSA revolution and thereby showing the world that it can be done, that we can topple a dictator through the power of the people or “People Power”.
Goodbye beloved President, we are grateful for your courage and for your goodness. We will miss you just like your family will.
I took the DMV behind-the-wheel driving test and I am so happy to say that I passed the driving test! I couldn’t believe that I passed actually so when the instructor said, ” Congratulations, you passed!” , I shrieked, ” I passed??? ”
Like what they say, “OMG! ” I can’t believe it myself and neither can some of my friends because most of them did a retake of the driving test and I did it in one take!
So what can I advice those who will also be taking the DMV driving test?? Well, have faith in yourself, have faith in God, and just relax while you’re driving. Most important too is that you listen to what the DMV officer will tell you then do your best!
June 25, 2009, I was at my desk doing my receiving of parts needed for production when a coworker at a nearby table mentioned that she heard Michael Jackson had died. I was like, ” What??? !” I couldn’t believe it so I googled for the latest news on Michael Jackson and there it was in the headline. He is dead at 50 years old. How sad. I am not a fan but this latest news about Michael Jackson made me really sad too. He is such a misunderstood person, eccentric, weird and so much negative things being written about him, but he seems a very gentle man. I can’t believe he would die at 50. Who would’ve thought he’d be taken away so soon? My heart bleeds for his children and his family he had left behind.
MJ, you will be forever missed. You are in a better place now. I hope now you know that you are well-loved not only by your fans but by people from all over. The world has lost a gentle and very talented man, you are one of the best!
Finally last June 17, I was sworn-in as a US citizen. I took a day-off for this special day since the ceremony will be starting at 9:15 am .
We got there at the venue, the Paramount Theatre, in Oakland at around 8 am I think. We were able to park at the nearby public parking for 10 dollars for the whole day parking. When we got to the theatre, there were already a long line of people on both sides of the theatre so me and my husband fell in line too. People passing by were looking at us and maybe wondering what in the world we were doing there so early in the morning lining up for a movie. I wanted to wave to them and say, “we’re here for our citizenship oath-taking!” but I didn’t do that of course. Anyway, after sometime some USCIS officers went out and checked our appointment letter. They instructed us what section we will be going. Mine was section 4.
Around 8:30 we were all ushered in. The guests and families of oath-takers were not allowed to stay with those who will be sworn-in. They had to stay in the balcony of the theatre. Anyway, I went in to the section 4, and the officer in charge of section 4 took my appointment letter and my permanent resident card. The other officer gave me some booklets and I got to my seat with my little flag and booklets. And the waiting for the ceremony to start began.
Around 9:40 the ceremony started. Some videos were shown, some people were introduced and during the pledge of allegiance, each country was called and oath-takers belonging to that country stood up and had to remain standing until all of us were called. After the last country was called, we did the Pledge of Allegiance. Majority of the oath-takers were from India, China, Philippines and Mexico.
And at 10:30 it ended. At long last, my immigration journey is over. I feel so blessed to be a US citizen now but I also know that I still have a duty to help my former country, the Philippines. My US citizenship doesn’t change anything, I am still a Filipino , ” sa puso , sa salita at sa gawa ..”
